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| Creating a "robotic arm" |
Students plan and develop a robotic arm using low budget supplies. Students learn to work in teams as they design, develop, build, and test their designs. The student then modify designs and analyze their solutions. |
robotic arm challenge |
8-18 |
| CO2 Engineering Challenge |
Students will investigate the safety systems utilized in the modern automobile and develop a project that emulates these systems in order to provide protection to a crash test dummy (raw egg) placed in the vehicle as it impacts an oncoming vehicle. |
9-12 |
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| Build a Toy Workshop |
Teams of students in grades 3 to 8 learn about friction, forces, and the engineering design process by building and testing miniature bobsleds to see which can race down an icy slope either the fastest or slowest.
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Build a Toy |
3-5 |
| Digest This |
Students in grades 6 – 8 reinforce their knowledge of the human digestive system and explore the concepts of simulation and the engineering design process by developing a pill coating that can withstand the churning actions and acidic environment of the stomach. Teams test the coating’s durability by using a clear soda to simulate stomach acid.
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Digest This |
6-8 |
| Working Together to Live Together |
In this lesson, students in grades 8 to 10 experience civil and environmental engineering by planning a housing development while also protecting the native species that live there. They conduct research, draw plans, make brochures, and give presentations, with each four-member team having a project manager, civil engineer, environmental engineer, and graphic designer.
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Working Together to Live Together |
9-12 |
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